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theodolite

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10 lettersPronunciation /θiːˈɒdəlaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted deehiloottStarts with TEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

Word origin

From New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade.

Used in a sentence

  • I drew outlines (according to my usual custom) of all the hills on the horizon before us, and took angles on them with the theodolite.
  • The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.
  • It was a lieutenant and a couple of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph.

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